Introduction: What Are Immunotherapies? Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment that helps your immune system fight cancer. Several types of immunotherapy are used to treat cancer. These treatments can either help the immune system attack the ... [Read More]
About Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.
Anticancer Effects of Inositol and IP-6
Inositol hexaphosphate ("IP6", "myo-inositol hexaphosphate" or "phytic acid") is a natural molecule present in most plant and animal cells. You get this stuff in your diet mainly from eating cereals, grains, legumes and meat. Your body can also ... [Read More]
Reduce Risks of Metastases From Cancer Surgery or Biopsy
Can cancer surgery or biopsies cause tumor cells to metastasize or become more aggressive? Yes. But before you say to yourself that I won't have these done, it's VERY important to know that: Surgery on tumors that have not spread distantly can be ... [Read More]
Reducing Estrogen Receptor Stimulation Without Drugs
Seventy-to-eighty percent of all breast cancers have estrogen receptors ("ER-positive".) When estrogen binds to these receptors, it leads to their activation and stimulation of cancer cell growth. Breast cancer medications are often prescribed to ... [Read More]
Dr. Lawenda Opens Anti-Cancer, Integrative Oncology Course For Everyone
Dr. Brian Lawenda here. Over the last year I have been working on an updates to the Integrative Oncology Essentials course known as the IOE Program. I excited to announce we have officially launched. The 17-module program has been completely ... [Read More]
Protect Your Nails From Chemotherapy with Polyphenols
Chemotherapy often causes varying degrees of nail damage, called "onycholysis." Similar to the effects on hair follicles, most chemotherapy drugs inhibit rapidly dividing cells and cause inflammation in the nail bed. These changes allow bacteria and ... [Read More]
Blocking Cancer With Combinations of Supplements and Off-Label Drugs
Targeting cancer cell metabolism, growth signaling pathways and enhancing anti-cancer immunity are among the hottest topics being explored in oncology, today. It has become increasingly clear that many natural compounds, supplements and FDA-approved ... [Read More]
Cold Cap Therapy Helps Maintain Hair During Chemo
If you want to try to keep your hair during chemotherapy read this article. I wish more oncologists would tell their patients about this incredibly simple hair saving technique, but unfortunately many are either unaware of how effective it is or are ... [Read More]
Breast Cancer Radiation Treatment: “DIBH” Deep Inspiration Breath-Hold
If you need radiation for breast cancer ask your radiation oncologist, if they can treat you with a technique that may be able to significantly lower the amount of radiation dose to your lung and/or heart. This technique is called "DIBH" or "deep ... [Read More]
The Most Personalized Approach To Picking Cancer Drugs
Functional drug sensitivity assays use a sample of living tumor tissue (from a biopsy of your tumor) to help predict which drugs will be most effective in killing your cancer. The development, validation and clinical implementation of these assays is ... [Read More]
